Sometimes there are no words to describe emotions or sensations. Here’s what happens in front of this image, a photo that penetrates the depths of the heart. She tears him apart. And it is one of the many tragic stories that the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have left us.

When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday, February 6, followed by another massive 7.5 aftershock a few hours later, rocked that part of the world, life changed forever.

Official reports so far speak of 11,200 dead, more than 45,000 injured and thousands missing. In addition, extreme weather conditions complicate rescue efforts.

The heartbreaking photo of a father holding his dead daughter by the hand

His name is Mesut Hancer. The photo of the agency AFP extension It shows him sitting in the rubble of Kahramanmara, the Turkish city that was the epicenter of the earthquake that hit early Monday morning.

His face seems impassive. holds a pale handof a lifeless body. that of his daughter Irmakwhich he just had 15 years.

It was 4 in the morning, the teenager was sleeping in her bed and she was trapped there after the earthquake. Her father, who shows infinite sadness, is there holding his hand with love and determination; how to ensure it wherever he is, he will be with her.

Sam Jones, reporter for Keeper who was on the spot, described that in the place where the girl was, the sound of a mallet was heard, used by a man to make his way through the rubble.

However, the father, even more than a day after the tragedy, remained there, next to the lifeless body of his daughter, certainly aware that it was the the last time i could hold your hand.

It’s true: there is thousands and thousands of photos of the tragedy. Images that show the catastrophe from different perspectives, ranging from absolute desolation to the slightest hope that lights up a light of optimism.

But in that immense sea of ​​photos and videos circulating the planet, this is perhaps one of the most bare.

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: the search for survivors continues

THE the weather conditions are very harsh and fatigue devastates. However, rescue teams in Turkey and Syria continue their resolute efforts to find survivors trapped in rubble after powerful earthquakes measuring 7.8 and 7.5 on the Richter scale.

For two days and nights since the quake, thousands of first responders have worked in freezing temperatures to find survivors under collapsed buildings on both sides of the border.

Anyway, Rescuers managed to save several children found under a collapsed block on Wednesday 8 February in the Turkish province of Hatay, where entire municipalities have disappeared, the agency reported. AFP extension.

“Suddenly we heard voices… Immediately we heard the voices of three people at the same time,” lifeguard Alperen Cetinkaya said. “We expect more from them (…) the chances of getting people out here alive are very high,” he added as he told this hopeful story.